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Arpit Kaushik on Surviving the Unthinkable, Natural Perfume & Finding Your Gentle Moments
Arpit Kaushik was born in Delhi, raised across 10 cities, and built a career leading teams of 400 people across continents. He co-founded an innovation software company backed by IKEA. By every measure, he was winning.
Then a cycling accident changed everything. A car door opened. He hit the ground, went into a coma, and was given a 2% chance of survival without severe neurological damage. He beat those odds.
What came next is what this conversation is really about.
On the same day his software company went into voluntary liquidation; which happened to be India's Independence Day; Arpit registered Dill House. A one-man, alcohol-free, 100% natural perfume company built from grief, brain injury, and the deep belief that beauty lives in the small, quiet moments most of us rush past. He calls them gentle moments.
We also get into his hair story; Sunday oil rituals in India, coconut oil and family, and the uncle who was a dermatologist who he thought would always have his back on the hair loss front. (He did not.)
This one will slow you down in the best way.
Find Arpit & Dill House: dillhouse.co.uk ( https://www.dilli.house/start?utm_content=link_in_bio&fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQPOTM2NjE5NzQzMzkyNDU5AAGnytdIforcf78WLNlP-p2QxzZe5S0sTh6dXcKzuztph7k5dgFT88ZmeHnfxYg_aem_safQBDjV8v97jKqdiGAwGg)
Links to his poetry book: https://amzn.eu/d/06ixsyrW (https://amzn.eu/d/06ixsyrW)
LinkedIn ( https://www.linkedin.com/in/arpitkaushik/)
Personal IG (https://www.instagram.com/kaushik.arpit/)
Biz IG ( https://www.instagram.com/dilli.house/)
16 Jun 2026
Drew Johnson | Textured Hair, Trauma Research, and Following the Breadcrumbs
In this episode of Hair Stories With Chantel, Drew opens up about finding her authentic hair self in high school, crying every day at a teaching job she quit after a month, following a vision of four degrees she barely believed in, and doing research on childhood trauma that she has now submitted to the House of Representatives; all while being a mom and a doctoral student in integral transpersonal psychology.
In this episode you'll discover:
✂️ How Drew went from perms to paper bag curls to a shaved head to locs; and what each chapter meant
📚 The vision of four degrees she received before she even finished her bachelor's; and how she followed it anyway
🌱 What it means to follow breadcrumbs when you can't see the full path yet
🤝 Why she believes handholding;,in business and in life;is about to become more important than ever
💛 Her message for anyone who is trying to get through something hard right now
🎧 Follow the channel for more real stories from real people.
30 May 2026
Diana Pequeno | Leaving the Salon, Writing a Book & What Comes Next
From cosmetology school to author and entrepreneur; Diana shares the story behind the pivot, the passion that never left, and why your experience is never wasted. A conversation about hair, flow state, and becoming the captain of your own ship.
Tik tok ( https://www.tiktok.com/@liveloveflow)
Website (https://pensight.com/x/icre8_me?utm_source=ig&utm_medium=social&utm_content=link_in_bio&fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQMMjU2MjgxMDQwNTU4AAGnIPwHkml1bh84UQ-qbtlzIroehPHM3Z-oadUrVqQhkCbX7jjJvpkl_Gr6Rkk_aem_3Pc3QJGGWK76XrdVgr6lJw)
Her book ( https://a.co/d/01UftdxO)
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